I was just listening to NPR presenting what sounded to me like pro-SOPA disinfo, drawing exaggerated attention to piratical sites that offer step by step instructions on how to infringe copyrights &amp; such, &amp; stating that &quot;most artists are happy about SOPA.&quot; <br>
<br>Really? I&#39;m an artist. Why don&#39;t they ever interview me for these mysterious polls?<br><br>Incidentally, have any of you ever been interviewed for a &quot;Gallup Poll?&quot; Who does get interviewed for Gallup Polls? Must be the same people who provide the Nielsen Ratings.<br>
<br>On a tangentially related note, question about copyright: if you reproduce copyrighted material without permission, but with no intention of making money, &amp; without making any money, is it still illegal? I suppose so, but I&#39;m not sure.<br>
<br>Also, the rearrangement of space in the Hackitorium is growing on me. I was initially disoriented &amp; felt like an eagle without an eyrie in the wake of the space-quake, but now I see how it will lead to greater efficiency &amp; better use of space. Consent is good, but I also believe in the necessity of sometimes jumping in &amp; pushing things forward on your own initiative, because otherwise, &quot;to put it in the vernacular of the peasantry,&quot;* shit just don&#39;t get done.<br>
<br><br>TLongshanksLT<br><br><br>*I don&#39;t know what&#39;s up with me &amp; Wizard of Oz allusions lately<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Snail <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:snailtsunami@gmail.com">snailtsunami@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Olya K <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:krasnykh@gmail.com" target="_blank">krasnykh@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Looks like Google came onboard<br><a href="http://torrentfreak.com/google-joins-pipa-sopa-strike-120117/" target="_blank">http://torrentfreak.com/google-joins-pipa-sopa-strike-120117/</a><br><br>Olya<br clear="all"></blockquote>

</div></div><br>Woo, a link! woo...<br><br>I was elated to hear about Wikipedia&#39;s decision to blackout their site. Protesting censorship that would block access to information by [temporarily] locking down people&#39;s access to information ... will actually will work better than anything else I&#39;ve heard to get the point across. If only Twitter, Facebook, etc. would blackout at the same time so people would not only lose their favorite sites but be UNABLE to voice their complaints via their usual web means! Just like the future we all fear.<br>

<br>Personally, I was hoping for a bigger Google blackout. You have to admit that a total Google blackout would be EPIC. I&#39;d be totally willing to give up my own use of the site &amp; e-mail for a few days just to see what would happen and observe the responses of people all around.<br>

<br>CHAOS.<br><br>ANARCHY.<br><br>PEOPLE IN THE STREETS WITH SHOES.<br><br>And then everybody discovers they didn&#39;t lose Google after all; the Google was in their heart all along. It&#39;s a very magical, touching moment.<br>